Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-11-12
FACT AND FANCY.


Of goods were sent to the United States 10y
the manufacturing village Of St. Euenne,
France. Most OF the goods consisted OF
gloves.
A careful grammarIan will say, "He sat on
the same seat pih Tom" not ''He sat on the
same seat as Tom" and "This is the same er-
ror that has been refuted BEFORE" not This is
the same error as has been refuted before.
The trumpet is to take the place Of the
Greek cross as a symbol on the Uniform Of the
Boston iremen; and thus will pass away an
other Of the things which have contibuted to-
ward making that town the Athens of Amer
lea.
London advertisement interesting to ad
mrers of Dr. johnson offers for sale the
house in which he was born rs years ago, de-
scribng it as "large subs, anlialiy built, and
commodious dwelling house. with diapers
shop"
An East Liverpool, o., gas-driller has inau-
gurated new use for natural gas by putting
out the fire under the engine. emptcing the
boiler Of water and filling it with gLs. When
/ the gauge registers seventy ppunli hc turns
/ on the engine, and he says 1t works to
| charm.
Boston druggist has been fined $40 for
selling a scent cigar on Sunday He claimed
that according to Webster q drug is that
which is intended to relieve pain or suffering,
and that tobacco came under this heal The
court could not see the point and an appeal
has been taken.
! David Maudlin, of Gaddistown, Gl, is get
ting tired of being a target for some unknown
marksman or marksmen. The other day he
was shot at for the third time and hit in the
leg by a rfeman hid in the bushes. Mr..
Mauldlin is quiet and peaceable, and hasn't
an enemy to his knowledge.
The colored people of Boston experience
great difficulty it renting decent tenements
in desirable localities. Some Of the real estate
owners and agents are republicans and old
aboltionists, and say that they have no objec-
tion, 'but the neighbors find a great deal
of fault, and We respect what they like and
dislike"
One of the attractions at the mechanics fair
In San Francisco was fountain that gushed
forth Angelica wine free to anyone who wished
to drink. In another department of the exh
bition was a table eight feet high and four
teen feet across, which had been made from a
single transverse section OF Humboldt coun-
ty tree.
Sundown is the name of a quaint little
place near Big Indian, in the Catskills, where
the people witness the setting of the sun Mt !
P. VI. and the rising at A. VI. Four noun
tains nearly surround the settlement The
people are generally healthy, and those who
hav lfvo for "a i'm lay n
lik faculty OF seeing in the gloom.
A resident Of Hartford, Conn, is the In
yentor of a novel apparatus for timing horses.
A clock with three hands-minute, second
and quarter seconds started by the Uilicia
timer When the winning horse touches tn,
wire the clock is stopped by electricity. a
the same instant the current opens a camera,
which photographs the horse and the clock
face.
A citizen of Charlotte Centre is the laugh
ing-stock Of Chautauqua county, New York
He declared that he had swallowed his teeth,
and on Tuesday went to Buffalo TO consul
eminent surgeons and stomach pump, bu
soon after his arrival in that CITY received Z
dispatch stating that his teeth had been founC
near his house, where he had unconsciouslN
dropped them.
The government OF the state of Yucatan
Mexico, is making experiments on ne"
species Of silk, produced by Y.l1 silkworm
which is closely allied TO the domestic silk
worm. The silk on the cocoons is elastic and
of excellent quality, though rather uncertain
in color, VARYING from white to pale brown
but one difficulty is that it is covered with 1
| --...-z It'll, q ,-orv a difficuIt m dieSplvP
In Newport, England there is a confectiOn
er who for several nights recently missed
J from his bake house dainty norsels of pastr
and candy. He set watch. and a form re
sembling that OF a boy was seen stealthiI,
creeping along the roof of the adjoining bake
house. No attention was pail to cries u
come down, and a gun was fired. The air
was good, and dead monkey rolled from tn
roof into the road.
In Portland, Oregon, man befriended
, Chinaman who fell as though from exhaustion
before his door On the following day, Will
a friend was praising the tender -hearte
man for his good deed, the same Chinamal
again fell sprawIing in front OF them IN
kindly disposed resident lifted the prostrat
man TO his feet and sent him reeing with
tremendous kick. remarkug that line mus
be drawn somewhere.
A woman told Mr.. Shell, at the Grcenwic
police court lately. that she had been twiC
married. both husbands being sons ot on
mother. but not the same father EChtce
, months after the death Of the first she marie
} the second, who refused TO support her, an
she desired the magistrates advice on tn
, legality Of the marriage. The English Ia
4 does not allow her to marry two brothers, bt
whether she has done so is a legal cOnundruu
EDGAR Howard, resident Of Randolph
Nova Scotia lost his voice in lSN6 after hay
r inc suffered some time from severe throa
, disease. He was thought to have only a col,
but continued to get so much worse tha
doctors made an examination. a silver tub
, was inserted in his throat, and he was relieved
. Treatment at the Massachusetts gener'
hospital did not cure him, and he was remove
> 70 his home, where he died Friday. The pos
mortem examination developed the fact tha
he died of lucrative lsryngitis.
One Of the worst mlsers In the west is J.
Douglass. OF Virginia CITY, New. He is wort
ssOOOOOO. Recently he was summoned as
witness In a trial lie told the constable th'
he wouldn't appear, and he didn't. Then th
iustice had him arrested and brought ini
court. Asked why he hadn't appeared befor
Douglass said he had for gotten, and didn
care ANYWAY. At that the justice fued hi
500 and tweuty-four hours mprisOnmen
The angry millionaire was taken to the count